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Hernandez confessed to the murder and kidnapping of the Etan in 2012 after the case made national news again when federal agents dug up a New York City basement looking for Etan's remains.

He had been tried once before, but the case ended in a hung jury after all but one member voted to convict Hernandez after 18 days of deliberations.

Over the years, Hernandez told a friend, his ex-wife and a church group that he had killed a young person in New York by choking and dumping the body, though the details varied, according to trial testimony.

Hernandez never mentioned Etan by name, but his brother-in-law called police with the tip that led law enforcement to him five years ago.

Fishbein also said that he planned to appeal the case, telling reporters: "In the end, we don't believe this will resolve the story of what happened to Etan back in 1979."

Prosecutors meanwhile said that Hernandez faked and exaggerated his symptoms.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance also released a statement on Tuesday, saying: 'The disappearance of Etan Patz haunted families in New York and across the country for nearly four decades.

"Etan's legacy will endure through his family's long history of advocacy on behalf of missing children. However, it is my hope that today's verdict provides the Patz family with the closure they so desperately deserve."